Grand Vytina
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Summertime, and the livin' is Peloponn-easy
After finishing up our adventures in Central and Northern Greece we returned to Athens to regroup and embark on the next leg of our trip. Since our accommodation had all been booked beforehand we had the rare pleasure of staying at Athens Casual Urban Home yet again, and the prospect of a night of uncomfortable heat followed by a dissatisfying breakfast were not a lot to look forward to. But we managed to get through, and made a nice early start the following morning to collect ...
By bus to Tolo, the slow scenic route
... but local people were very helpful and once again I was able to enjoy looking at historic parts of Naphlion that I would have missed had I taken a direct route from Tripoli to Tolo.
I had enjoyed the journey, the opportunity to see towns I had not seen before, and take refreshment along the way; however, it did mean that I arrived in Tolo too late and too tired to rally explore ...
The Lion's Gate
Today we went back to 1600 B.C., a thousand years before the height of Athens' power, with a visit to Mycenae. We walked through the Lion's Gate that guards the fortress city, the oldest monumental structure in Europe. Triangular openings were used to relieve the weight of the stones. Exterior walls were built with 14,000 boulders weighing 5-10 tons each. This enormous scaled building was called ...
Mycenae Agamemnon Walk
... that this was the fortress of Agamemnon – leader of the Mycenaean force that sailed to Troy for that famous Homeric war over the lovely Helen that only ended with the success of the ruse – the infamous Trojan Horse.
Another full day in Greece – and we are just scratching the surface!
Tomorrow, a seaside stroll to Nafplio, then back to Athens for the final two ...
A day of making arrangements and see sights, sunny
... a small fossil museum, got to the post office before it closed for lunch and finally got to Nafplio at about noon and used a Greek telephone card, to talk with the caretaker of the house we are staying on Ydra, she gave me a couple of great suggestions about dealing with the rental car company, and solutions to our transportation challenges to the island. Told her what time we would probably arrive on the island etc, etc, etc. We then called the rental car company in Athens ...
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